Four years after its war of choice on Iraq, the White House is once again planning an attack on a Muslim nation. This time it's Iran, a powerful and ancient culture with the world's second largest oil reserves. What would be the impact of a U.S. attack? Join us to assess the likely consequences of the Bush Administration's third war of choice on a Muslim country in six years.
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Trita Parsi, Author, President, National Iranian American Council
Rami Khouri, Editor-at-Large, The Daily Star; Director, Isaam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Abbas Milani, Director Iranian Studies Program at Stanford University
Michael Ostrolenk, President, American Conservative Defense Alliance
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Host: Mark Sommer
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Music in this program: "Rizeh Rizeh" by Various Artists, Caltex Records; welcome- "A United Earth I" by Alan Stivell with Youssou N'Dour; Putumayo World Music; break 1- "Mobarak Baad" by Various Artists, Caltex Records; break 2- "Bomb the World" by Michael Franti & Spearhead, Boo Boo Wax Records; bottom of the hour billboard- "A United Earth I" by Alan Stivell with Youssou N'Dour, Putumayo World Music; break 3- "Naash Naash" by Various Artists, Caltex Records; close and credits- "Renge Tehran" by Various Artists, Caltex Records. Distribution: WFMT Radio Network, Chicago. Marketing: Creative PR, Los Angeles.
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Duration: 55:00 minutes
Trita Parsi has served as a foreign policy advisor to Congressman Bob Ney (R-OH). His expertise is Iranian foreign policy and US-Iran relations. His book, Treacherous Triangle – The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran and the United States, (Yale University Press 2007), is based on more than 120 interviews that Dr. Parsi has conducted – in his personal capacity – in Israel, Iran and the United States with senior officials from all three countries. He is also the President of the National Iranian American Council
Rami Khouri is editor-at-large of the Beirut-based Daily Star newspaper, published throughout the Middle East with the International Herald Tribune. He is an internationally syndicated political columnist and author.
Abbas Milani is the author of The Persian Sphinx: Amir Abbas Hoveyda and the Riddle of the Iranian Revolution (Mage, 2000); Modernity and Its Foes in Iran (Gardon Press, 1998); Tales of Two Cities: A Persian Memoir (Mage, 1996); On Democracy and Socialism, a collection of articles coauthored with Faramarz Tabrizi (Pars Press, 1987); and Malraux and the Tragic Vision (Agah Press, 1982). His latest book is Lost Wisdom: Rethinking Persian Modernity in Iran in English (Mage 2004) and Persian (Ketob Corp. 2004). Milani has also translated numerous books and articles into Persian and English.
The American Conservative Defense Alliance (ACDA) is dedicated to advancing a national security and foreign affairs policy based on America’s founding principles. The ACDA will carry out its mission through education of the American public, of advocacy groups, of the media, and of Congress regarding a traditional conservative defense and foreign policy strategy. It will also support legislation that puts into practice the foundational principles of our Constitutional Republic and will oppose any legislation or policies that are contrary to those principles.
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